March 2012 AOS filers

[DC85 113]

To Further explain my interview a bit when I sat down he said raise your right hand

IO: do you swear to tell th truth?

Us: yes

We sat down can I have your Id's and (looking at me) any EaD drivers Liscnse Ssn i94. I handed over everything cept DL

Io: do you have DL?

Me: no sir

Io: okay no prob

Then io looked at the ids seemed to make notes of it and updated my Ssn on my papers

Then onto verifying info..

Io: your name is so and so?

Me: yes

Io: so u came here on..(flips through documents)..1994 oh you were a youngster!

Me: (giggles) yes sir!

Io: (small talk) so you did all your schooling here then!

Me:yes

Io: who did u come with?

Me: my mom and brother ahh I see makes sense (nods)

(turns to us)

Io: you both live on so and so?

Both: (rigt away) yes

Io: (looking at me) state your mothers name

Me: answered

Io : state fathers name

Me answered

Io: I'm going to ask you a series of questions

Io: are u a communist blah blah etc

(was like 5 no questions)

Io: okay I'll take anything you brought for me I'll look at your albums while you get the paperwork

He looked through 3 albums! So excited bc I worked so much on them over the yrs! I'm glad it came in handy. Then I handed him

Lease

Life insurance

Military bah paper

Bank acct

Med insurance contract

Only thing he handed bak was the med contract guess he didn't like that one enough ^.^

The rest papers he kept

Io: ( to me) your phone number is still 1234567

Me: yes

Then he went on and said u guys know the 2yr rule? And isaid yes and he said great but I'll explain it to u again so u can sign this paper so you can head on out...

While we were signing he was making small talk about so did u guys leave early or left yesterday and spent the night? And we explained no we left yesterday and spent the night at nearby hotel and after this appt we were going down south to visit our families and make use of this trip and he was like oh definantly tyvm ..and we shook hands and walked out and hubby and I high five ourselves... Funny bc hubby was barely acknowledged lol

Also on the road to Jacksonville we realized hubby didn't pack wedding ring >.< but thankfully that wasn't an issue at all!! Wooooooo

Congrats for this smooth interview and for the approval

[AtariBaby 17]

Well ours has left my wife thinking we're going to be rejected. We presented a ton of documentation but got off to a bad start because of my drivers license. I presented my drivers license, which has my previous address, and an interim license paper showing our current address. I had never updated the mailing address and only did so this week.

He started questioning me about my old address which I just use to pick up mail now, and this all made me really nervous, so I started flubbing and kept me very nervous throughout the interview. My wife is now upset and has been lecturing me about it, and she's convinced we'll get a rejection notice. The officer went on to check our passports and question us about visits to each other. He took a big stack of photos, and joint account documents, our leases, etc.

What will happen if we were rejected? Is the USCIS website typically updated with status very quickly after the interview? I guess I'll research rejection just in case.

Edited June 6, 2012 by AtariBaby

[georgeramsaran 4]

Well ours has left my wife thinking we're going to be rejected. We presented a ton of documentation but got off to a bad start because of my drivers license. I presented my drivers license, which has my previous address, and an interim license paper showing our current address. I had never updated the mailing address and only did so this week.

He started questioning me about my old address which I just use to pick up mail now, and this all made me really nervous, so I started flubbing and kept me very nervous throughout the interview. My wife is now upset and has been lecturing me about it, and she's convinced we'll get a rejection notice. The officer went on to check our passports and question us about visits to each other. He took a big stack of photos, and joint account documents, our leases, etc.

What will happen if we were rejected? Is the USCIS website typically updated with status very quickly after the interview? I guess I'll research rejection just in case.

You will get a second interview! Which where they split both of you guys up and question you, and actually it's the chance to fix your license

Sorry to hear your experience but the IO are very strick

[ChrisPG 30]

Well ours has left my wife thinking we're going to be rejected. We presented a ton of documentation but got off to a bad start because of my drivers license. I presented my drivers license, which has my previous address, and an interim license paper showing our current address. I had never updated the mailing address and only did so this week.

He started questioning me about my old address which I just use to pick up mail now, and this all made me really nervous, so I started flubbing and kept me very nervous throughout the interview. My wife is now upset and has been lecturing me about it, and she's convinced we'll get a rejection notice. The officer went on to check our passports and question us about visits to each other. He took a big stack of photos, and joint account documents, our leases, etc.

What will happen if we were rejected? Is the USCIS website typically updated with status very quickly after the interview? I guess I'll research rejection just in case.

Sorry to hear about your interview, however I am sure you will get a positive result soon. We hear a lot about interviews gone wrong and to be honest, the vast majority end with an approval

As for your questions, generally speaking if AOS is denied you are given a chance to file a MTA/MTR (Form I-290B). I really do not know the ins and outs of appeals, motions & removal proceedings, but if it does come to that-- then an AILA approved attorney is going to be well worth having a consultation with-- but I doubt it will get that far, people have bad interviews and generally find that they are approved. So I wouldn't worry.

Besides, most people just get a simple RFE after their interview and a 2nd interview if needed.

Edited June 6, 2012 by ChrisPG

[AtariBaby 17]

Hey guys, On the USCIS website, my I485 has changed to "card/document production", but my I130 still says "Initial Review". What do you make of it?

[MrsNotBonJovi 18]

Hey guys, On the USCIS website, my I485 has changed to "card/document production", but my I130 still says "Initial Review". What do you make of it?

Yaay! It means you have been approved. Your I-130 status not changing means nothing, if your I-130 had not gotten through, you would never have gotten to the interview stage. Maybe they just did not update your I-130 status.

Good to know you are going green. Now, go get some relief from all that stress!

[LindaC1990 23]

Hey guys, On the USCIS website, my I485 has changed to "card/document production", but my I130 still says "Initial Review". What do you make of it?

Congrats!!

I have been worried about the same issue, my DL still has the old address and I moved in with my husband almost 2 years.

I never changed it!!

Now I am getting nervous and I am going to fix that, thanks for sharing the interview experience.

[AtariBaby 17]

Oh my god, can I really believe it's true? My wife was convinced I had blown that.

Linda, the DMV will give you a piece of paper that will say "interim Drivers License" with the new address, and you're supposed to show that along with your current ID (and they will punch a whole in the old ID by the way). Presenting this set off a round of questioning from the officer about my old address, and I was very nervous about this. It's a long story, that old address. It's tricky because among other things I still use that as an office mailing address. So I started tripping over my words and drawing blanks the entire interview, but I think the preponderance of evidence dwarfed all that. I think he was mainly trying to catch me revealing I still lived there or something. And he wrote a lot of red ink on my applications, and man we were nervous.

Maybe we can go celebrate now, yeah?

[Hypnos 6,576]

What I make of it is congratulations on your approval

[LindaC1990 23]

Oh my god, can I really believe it's true? My wife was convinced I had blown that.

Linda, the DMV will give you a piece of paper that will say "interim Drivers License" with the new address, and you're supposed to show that along with your current ID (and they will punch a whole in the old ID by the way). Presenting this set off a round of questioning from the officer about my old address, and I was very nervous about this. It's a long story, that old address. It's tricky because among other things I still use that as an office mailing address. So I started tripping over my words and drawing blanks the entire interview, but I think the preponderance of evidence dwarfed all that. I think he was mainly trying to catch me revealing I still lived there or something. And he wrote a lot of red ink on my applications, and man we were nervous.

Maybe we can go celebrate now, yeah?

I got that! Thanks again and GO CELEBRATE !!

[MrsNotBonJovi 18]

Oh my god, can I really believe it's true? My wife was convinced I had blown that.

Linda, the DMV will give you a piece of paper that will say "interim Drivers License" with the new address, and you're supposed to show that along with your current ID (and they will punch a whole in the old ID by the way). Presenting this set off a round of questioning from the officer about my old address, and I was very nervous about this. It's a long story, that old address. It's tricky because among other things I still use that as an office mailing address. So I started tripping over my words and drawing blanks the entire interview, but I think the preponderance of evidence dwarfed all that. I think he was mainly trying to catch me revealing I still lived there or something. And he wrote a lot of red ink on my applications, and man we were nervous.

Maybe we can go celebrate now, yeah?

Yes, go get that champagne flowing. But before you go, wish me luck. I am up next, for a June 11 interview. Getting very nervous.

[nene815 4]

Hey guys, On the USCIS website, my I485 has changed to "card/document production", but my I130 still says "Initial Review". What do you make of it?

Congrats

[Arce0426 3]

Oh my god, can I really believe it's true? My wife was convinced I had blown that.

Linda, the DMV will give you a piece of paper that will say "interim Drivers License" with the new address, and you're supposed to show that along with your current ID (and they will punch a whole in the old ID by the way). Presenting this set off a round of questioning from the officer about my old address, and I was very nervous about this. It's a long story, that old address. It's tricky because among other things I still use that as an office mailing address. So I started tripping over my words and drawing blanks the entire interview, but I think the preponderance of evidence dwarfed all that. I think he was mainly trying to catch me revealing I still lived there or something. And he wrote a lot of red ink on my applications, and man we were nervous.

Maybe we can go celebrate now, yeah?

When we went to the interview and asked questions he like checked off things in my paperwork with red ink

So red ink isn't all that bad

[Alejandra2012 0]

Hi!!! i READ a post on here and there is someone saying that if you have your appointment early morning is a GOOD SIGN, BUT if you have the appointment in the afternoon is because they saw something weird in your file and it can take longer....

Is it trueeeeeeeeeeee????

Ale.

Edited June 7, 2012 by Alejandra2012

[AtariBaby 17]

Thanks all. I'm trying to convince myself we made it, yet I am checking the card production status obsessively.

MikeX: Any news? What does your status say on the USCIS website?